SPIRAL CT OF THE STOMACH IN HYPOTONIA

A method for investigating the stomach using spiral CT was developed a nd 15 patients with normal stomachs were examined. The anatomy and wal l thickness was studied. The method was tested in the preoperative sta ging of 35 patients with a high suspicion of gastric cancer. Compariso n of the CT results with endoscopic, radiographic, surgical and histol ogical findings showed that in advanced gastric cancer the full extent of the disease is better visualised with CT than with conventional me thods. There exists, however, a problem of false-negatives regarding l ymph node involvement.